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' J. SHERMAN.

GULTIVATOR AND COTTON CHOPPER.

No. 300,650. Patented June, 17, 1884.

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GULTIVATOR AND COTTON CHOPPER.

Patented June 17, 1884.

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JOSIAH SHERMAN, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

CULTIVATOR AND COTTON-CHOPPER.

SPECIFICATIOIl Vforming part of Letters Patent No. 300,650, dated June1'7, 1884-.

Application filed October 4, 185 3. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josmn SHERMAN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton andState of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCultivators and Cotton-Choppers; and I do declare the'following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cultivators andcotton-choppers; and it consists in the construction and arrangement ofdevices, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating the invention, Figure l is a planor top view of my improved cultivator. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewwith the outer beams removed.

Like letters of reference designate like parts in the several views.

The frame of the machine consists of. the front pieces or plates, A A,and the bent or crooked beams B B, that are secured thereto. These beamsare each formed in two or more lines, as shown, each of which isprovided with a cuff or clasp, O, by which a harrow-tooth or othercultivating device is adj ustably secured to each line of the beam. Itwill be seen that the barrow-tooth D is pivoted to the side of the beambeneath the cuff, which is provided with a series of perforations, a a,arranged in the segment of a circle, so that the tooth when inclined inany desired position can be held by a bolt or pin, I), passed throughone of said perforations.

The beams B B are preferably connected to the front pieces, A A, bymeans of bolts 0 c d d, and they are also connected laterally by boltsor braces 0 eff.

Between the beams B B, and pivoted upon the rear bolts, 0 and f,respectively, are arranged boxes E E, for the attachment of suitablecultivating devices. Each of these boxes consists of bottom pieces, 9 g,and a cap piece,

h, as shown in Figs. 8 and 4. The parts 9 h are connected by bolts i andby side pieces, 7c is, that are elongated forward to form ashank, m,which is provided with perforations 0 o. This shank m passes through abail, 19, that is pivoted between the beams, and has at its upper end arearwardly-bent loop, 8, that is provided with a washer, 25. After theshank on has been passed through the loop 8, above the washer t, ahandle or lever, F, is attached to the forward end of the shank, bywhich the pivoted box, with its attached cultivator, may be adjusted oroperated. By depressing the levers F, the oultivators G H, attached tothe boxes E, will be projected into the soil; or, if a cotton-chopper orhoe is secured to the box IE, it may be thus readily operated by anoscillating or vibratory movement of the lever. When the cultivator G orH has been moved by means of the lever F to any desired position, thebox E may be securely held by means of a pin or bolt passed through theperforated shank m, above and below the loop 8. If desired, a spring,12, may be attached to the bail p, and connected by its other end to anyconvenient part of the frame of the machine, for

the purpose of imparting the required degree of elasticity to theoperation of the parts.

The cnltivators G H may be of any suitable form, according to thecharacter of the work to be accomplished. These cultivators are attachedto the boxes E between the plates 9 h by means of bolts 6 41 in such amanner that they can be adjusted laterally to any desired angle bywithdrawing the bolts from one set of perforations in the plates 9 h,then turning the cultivators to thedesired position, and reinserting thebolts in other convenient places.

The machine represented in the drawings is intended more particularly asa walking-cultivator to be drawn by one horse; but it may, if desired,be provided with a seat for a driver, and draft attachments for morethan one horse may also be arranged.

It will be observed that the various parts of the machine are soconnected as to be readily taken apart for repairs, storage, ortransportation.

By withdrawing the bolts 0 c and e e, the outer or side beams may bereadily detached,-

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leaving the front pieces, A A, and the central beams, B B, with theirattachments to form a smaller machine, as shown in Fig. 4, which will beuseful for gardening or other light agricultural purposes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cultivator, the combination of the beams B B, pivoted boxes E E,composed of plates g 71 7c, and bolts 1', said boxes being provided withperforated shanks m, and handles F, the bails 1) p, springs 11 v, andthe laterallyadjustable cultivators attached to said boxes,substantially as described.

2. In a cultivator, the combination of the beams B B, boxes E E, havingperforated shanks m m, the bails p p, and pins for adjustably connectingsaid bails and shanks, substantially as described.

3. In a cultivator, the combination of the In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JOSIAH SHERMAN. WVitnesses:

A. R. BROWN, E. L. WHITE.

